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Jos
Asked: 2020-10-28 02:01:42 +0800 CST

Clock on task bar doesn't update until mouse moves

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Can anybody verify this please?

After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.10 yesterday, I noticed that the clock on the task bar doesn't automatically update any longer. I have my task bar set to auto-hide. When I move my mouse so that the task bar appears, the clock is always late. Only when I move my mouse once more, keeping the task bar open, the correct time appears.

I use the Gnome Dash-to-Panel extension.

This is not my idea of a clock. A clock should be readable in one glance, and should definitely not need to be prodded to give the right time.

EDIT (January 2021):

The behaviour has stopped. Both the clock and the battery percentage are correct whenever displayed. I notice that I'm still on Gnome Shell 3.38.1, but I'm on Mutter 3.38.2. My guess is that upgrading Mutter has removed the bug.

gnome clock gnome-shell-extension 20.10

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have the same issue as well and it appears this is due to a bug in gnome-shell, which has been already corrected in version 3.38.2 (Ubuntu 20.10 comes with 3.38.1): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2973

    This is also tracked in the dash-to-panel tracker too: https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel/issues/1206

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  2. Can anybody verify this please?

    Yes, I have the same issue using the "Hide top bar" extension only (no Dash-to-Panel).

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